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Health Workforce — Nursing and midwifery

The number of Resolutions on nursing and midwifery adopted by the WHO World Health Assembly demonstrates the importance WHO Member States attach to nursing and midwifery services as a means of achieving better population health outcomes.

The most recent resolution, WHA 64.7, gives WHO the mandate to strengthen the capacity of nursing and midwifery workforce through the provision of support to Member State on a number of strategies including:

developing targets and action plans for the development of nursing and midwifery, as an integral part of national or subnational health plans,